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Where to find Lesser Scaup in January
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Lesser Scaup in January. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 125 175 71.4% 64.3%
2 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 27 73 37.0% 26.8%
3 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 160 593 27.0% 23.6%
4 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 38 171 22.2% 16.6%
5 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 19 87 21.8% 14.5%
6 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 47 251 18.7% 14.4%
7 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 42 338 12.4% 9.3%
8 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 25 190 13.2% 9.1%
9 Apex Community Park 3.7 28 257 10.9% 7.6%
10 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 16 133 12.0% 7.5%
11 Lake Benson 11.9 11 150 7.3% 4.1%
12 Lake Raleigh 6.0 9 135 6.7% 3.5%
13 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
14 Schenck Forest 3.6 11 250 4.4% 2.5%
15 Lake Wheeler 8.2 3 50 6.0% 2.1%
16 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 4 77 5.2% 2.0%
17 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
18 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 111 4.5% 1.9%
19 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
20 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
21 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
22 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 3 70 4.3% 1.5%
23 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 6 196 3.1% 1.4%
24 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
25 Lake Lynn 7.7 5 164 3.0% 1.3%
26 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
27 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
28 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
29 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
30 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
31 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 3 141 2.1% 0.7%
32 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 1 25 4.0% 0.7%
33 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
34 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
35 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
36 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 2 121 1.7% 0.5%
37 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 3 302 1.0% 0.3%
38 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 2 169 1.2% 0.3%
39 NCSU Experimental Farm 7.1 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
40 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 3 436 0.7% 0.2%
41 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 3 462 0.6% 0.2%
42 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
43 Inwood Rd. 7.3 1 92 1.1% 0.2%
44 Shelley Lake 8.1 1 131 0.8% 0.1%
45 Bond Park 2.7 1 145 0.7% 0.1%
46 Lake Betz 7.3 1 346 0.3% 0.1%
47 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 1 817 0.1% 0.0%